Vehicle.



J. KELLY.I

y VEHICLE. APPLIOATIONI'ILBD JAN. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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J. KELLY.

VEHICLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. n1, 1909.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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.f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN KELLY, 0F JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

. VEHICLE.

. .class which may be easily loaded from the ground and in theattainment of this .object haveb produced a hopper arranged at aconvenient-height above'the ground and a conveyeradapted to convey7 thematerial frolmthe hopper upward and deposit-the same into thereceptacle.

Another object is to provide suitable means for` driving the conveyerand in the attainment of thlsob'ject I haveprovided 4 an engine arrangedto drive the, conveyer and alsorto` propel the vehicle, there beingsuitable caring and devices arranged to connect t e engine to thedriving wheels and to the conveyer at will.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of. parts set forth in the followingspecification and particularly pointed out in .the a pended clalms..

Referring to the rawings: -Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of a vehicle'body embodyin my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation viewe from the rearof the vehicle, or in other v words, from the left of Fi 1. Fi 3 is anenlarged sectional view ta en on ine 34-3 of Fig. 1, looking toward theright. Fi 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4--4 of 4 ig. 3, lookingtoward the left.

Like numerals refer to like parts through-- out the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the frame of the vehicle, 6, 6 are the reardriving wheels mounted 'upon an axle 7 and 8 is one of the pair ofusuallfront steering wheels. .Mounted upon the frame 5 is a box 9 and atthe rear thereof Fis mounted a hopper 10 having ank inlet orificearranged at a convenient height above-the ground, there being provided ahinged cover 11 adapted to close said orifice. Mounted on the rear endof the box 9 is a conveyer casing 12 communicatin with the hopper 10 andwith the interior o the box 9 A link belt conveyer is located partlySpeication of Letters Patent. Application leo. January 27, 1909. SerialNo. 474,422.

within the box 9 and partly within' the casmg,l2, said conveyercomprisingan endless chain or link belt'13 on which are mounted a seriesof buckets 14. The link belt 13 ex- Patented Jan.4,191o.

tends part way around sprocket wheels .15

fast to a shaft 16 journaled in the casing 12, thence part way aroundsprocket wheels 17, 18 and 19 back to the point of beginning, thesprocket wheels 18 being ing shaft 20 .journaled in suitable bearings'in the box 9. The direct-ion of the travel of -the chain 13'isindicated by the arrow a,

Vhen material is placed in the hop er 10` each of the buckets 14inpassing sai hop,- per 1s filled with the material and carries the samefirst'upwardly and thencelongi- -tudin'ally of the box 9 toward thefront thereof. In order that the buckets 14 may be prevented from dumpintheir load be# fore passing into the box 9-t ere is provided a guardplate 21 extending from the-axis of the sprocket wheels 19 into saidbox, as shown. In order that the buckets contain- -ing the material maybe prevented from dumping their contents onto the returning 'em tyuckets therebeneath there is provi ed a shedding device 22 interposedbetweenthe upper and lower portions of the horizontally extending partof the conveyer, said sheddlng device having two `laterallyinclinedportions 23, 23, the combined width t of which is greater thanthe width of the link belt so thatthe material dumied by the upper setof buckets falls onto sai shedding device and slides down theinclinedportions pile at the bottom of the p and falls into a box'9.

The ,box 9 is provided at its rear end with two openings 24, 24 closedby doors 25, 25, respectively, these openings being provided for thepurpose of emptying the box of its contents. The bottom 26 of the box 9is referably inclined downwardly from` the ront toward the rear thereofso that when the doors 25 are opened the material-will be carried-bygravity outwardly therethrough; The hop er 10 1s preferably providedwith two latera walls 27, 27 which couver e downwardly toward the bottomthereof, 1t bein observedthat the opening at the top is o such width asto make it convenient to dump the barrels of ashes or other materialthereinto. Mounted on the frame 5 is an engine 28 having a shaft 29.lFast to the frame 5 is a transmission gear case 30 in fast to a drivinsaid casing.

being provided4 for this purpose a clutch connected b a chain 51 to asecond sprocket wheel 52..v ast to the shaft 20.

which is 'ournaled a shaft 31. Interposed between t e shaft 31 and theshaft 29 is a clutch 32 of any usual or desired type,where by saidshafts maybe connected and disconnected one from the other at will,there lever l33 connected by alink 34 to an operating lever 35 arrangedat a convenient point opposite the drivers seat 36. The rear end o theshaft 31 is journaled in a clutch member 37 fast to a shaft 38, whichlatter shaft is connected in any well known manner to the driving wheels6.

Slidably mounted on the shaft 31 is a gea 39 which gear carries a clutchmember 40 adapted to engage the clutch member'37 to cause the rotationof the shaft 31 t0 be imparted to the shaft 38 to drive the rear drivingwheels 6. J ournaled in the casinof 30 is a secondary shaft 41, to whichshaft two Gears 42 and 43 are fast, the gear 42 meshing mto agear 44fast to or formed on the clutch member 37. As is common withtransmission gearing for motor ears, the gear 39 may be moved toward theright fromthe position shown in Fig. 4 into mesh with the gear 43 so asto rotate the secondary shaft 41, the rotation of said shaft beingimparted through the gear 42 to drive the gear 44 and shaft 38 atareduced speed,.the sliding of the gearv39 and clutch 40 being effectedby any usual or desired means.

Mounted'in the casing 30is a shaft 45 on which is journaled a spur gear46 fast to a bevel rear 47, said bevel gear meshing into a bevel gear 48fast to a shaft-,49 journaled Fast to the sha-ft 49 is a sprocket Wheel50, said sprocket Whe'el being Slidably mounted on the' shaft 31 is agear 53 adapted to be moved by any usual or desired means into and outof mesh with the gear 46, -it being understood that whensaid gears arein mesh and the clutch 32 is engaged the rotation of the engine shaft isimparted through said` gears, through the gears 47 and 48 and throughthe sprocket wheels and chain just described to the driving shaft 20 ofthe conveyer.

The vehicle of my invention, While it may be used for a great variet ofpurposes, is adapted to be used for coliiectingashes and garbage aboutthe streets. In"the use of the ordinary ash and garbage wagons it is, ofcourse, necessary to lift the barrels containing the garbage or ashes toa considerable height in order to dump them into'the box of thewagon,thus the advantageof my improved wagon will be readily a parent for thereason that the. barrels are umped into the hopper 10 and the conveyerconveys the material upwardly from said hopper and dumps the same intothe wagon box.

Having thus described kmy invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is: y i

l. A vehicle of the class, described having, incombination, a receptaclea hopper located at the rear of said receptacle, said receptacle havinga rear wall provided -With two openings, closures for said openings,

and a conveyer interposed between said openings and adapted to conveymaterial upwardly from said hopper and deposit the same in saidreceptacle.

2. A vehicle of the class described having,

vin'combination, a hopper, a receptacle, an

In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set lby hand. in presence of twosubscribing wits JOHN KELLY.

Witnesses: Y

LoUIs A. JONES, SADIE V. MCCARTHY.

